Meanings (ES + gloss)
coaccionar • coactar • engatusar
To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewa…
She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
coaccionar
To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
I've finally coaxed the sticky drawers open.
They coaxed the rope through the pipe.